#B8D4BB · #BECBEA
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 0/100 (fail) · Harmony 60/100 (triadic (soft)) · Distinguishable 37/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 33/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Surf and Light Steel Blue are very different (ΔE 31). They have distinctly different hues (96° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Surf text on Light Steel Blue: 1.02:1 (Fail); Light Steel Blue text on Surf: 1.02:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #445C47 clears it.
Triadic (soft) — workable but not a textbook harmony (harmony 60/100). This is about how they look together (clothing, interiors, branding), independent of text contrast.
Not at body size — the best direction is only 1.0:1, below the 4.5:1 minimum. Nudging one colour to #445C47 clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 31 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 31).
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